watershed

• n. （美）流域；分水嶺；集水區；轉折點
• adj. 標誌轉折點的

water,水，shed,分開。

watershed (n.)

"line separating waters flowing into different rivers," 1803, from water (n.1) + shed in a topographical sense of "ridge of high ground between two valleys or lower ground, a divide," perhaps from shed (v.) in its extended noun sense of "the part of the hair of the head" (14c.). Perhaps a loan-translation of German Wasser-scheide. Figurative sense is attested from 1878. Meaning "ground of a river system" is from 1878.

1. The advert should only be shown after the 9pm watershed.

這則廣告隻能在晚上9點成人節目開始後才能播出。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The meeting has the potential to be a watershed event.

這次會議有可能成為具有轉折性的事件。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Bad language before the watershed is widely resented.

在成人節目時間之前出現的髒話深為眾人憎惡。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The middle decades of the 19th century marked a watershed in Russia's history.

19世紀中葉標誌著俄國曆史的轉折點。

來自《權威詞典》

5. Our marriage was at a watershed.

我們的婚姻到了一個轉折關頭.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》